Michael Yardley is one of the best known shooting instructors and shooting writers in Britain. He is a Fellow of the Association of Professional Shooting Instructors and holds many shooting qualifications His articles on guns and shooting have appeared in many sporting periodicals as well as the mainstream press. Michael has been an active game shot for more than 30 years. He has hunted birds and larger game on four continents and has held high averages in various clay shooting disciplines. He was British Side by Side Champion 2004.
' ... immensely thorough, dispassionate and well written ... This impressive volume, developing the themes of previous revisionist interpretations, throws new light on pre-1939 French politics and strategy and shows that Gamelin deserves considerable credit for the degree of preparedness and civil-military co-operation that was achieved.' The Times Literary Supplement 'Martin has set himself the difficult task of salvaging Gamelin's reputation, and he marshals vast scholarship and admirable clarity of exposition to that end, making a major contribution to the grim history of appeasement and rearmament.' The Observer 'Martin Alexander's book will long be a landmark in the political and military history of the 1930s.' European History Quarterly